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20 Marine News in a Personal Way Intimate Gossip About What Leaders in the NN LFRED J. Batt was recently ap- A pointed traffic control manager of the United States railroad administration for the' port of Phila- delphia. Mr. Ball's offices are in the Broad street station. He was formerly foreign freight agent of the Pennsyl- vania railroad and a member of the freight traffic committee, north Atlantic ports, during the committee's existence. ALFRED J. BALL Mr. Ball was born in Philadelphia, July Bo, 1682. ou , CHARLES W. UNBEHAUN has been ap- pointed branch manager of eastern New York and Connecticut territories for the Black & Decker Mfg. Co., Baltimore. He was formerly connected with the Bailey-Drake Co., Chicago. The Black & Decker Co. manufactures portable electric drills, electric air compressors, electric valve grinders, etc. * * %* I. FELTENSTEIN has been appointed manager of the recently opened Guate- mala branch of the Pan-American Ex- porters, Inc, New Orleans. Stock to the value of $100,000 has been shipped to the new branch house. RR ke ae _ J. W. Sanvers, of the J. W. Sanders Co., New York, has associated himself Mm vice president. MaritimejWorld Are Doing with W. Benton Ketter, formerly sales manager of the Pennsylvania Seaboard Steel Corp. A sales company under the name of Sanders, Keller & Co. has been formed with offices at 30 Church street, New York, and in the Crozer building, Philadelphia. The company, aside from representing several steel mills, will act as selling agents for the Allison stockless anchor. x * * Wim A. Hat has been appointed president and general manager of the C. M. Lane Life Boat Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., and E. A. 'Netson, formerly secretary of the company, has been ap- pointed treasurer. Both men have been members of the firm for many years. N. Ewine, the company's technical rep- resentative, has recently become a member of the firm and has been elected to the office of secretary. Mr. Ewing is a practical seaman and for a number of years served as first officer at sea. de ee Frank R. FarNHAM has joined the organization of Rex W. Wadman, Inc., New York, technical advertising, as Formerly Mr. Farnham was sales and advertising counsel of Hollister White & Co., New York. He Me R. E. McMaru has been elected sec- retary of the Bethlehem Steel Co. and the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Ltd. He formerly was assistant secretary of these companies and succeeds the late Barry H. Jones. kee A. D. Steppins has been elected presi- dent and general manager of the Mer- chants & Miners Transportation Co. Baltimore. Mr. Stebbins has spent prac- tically his entire business life in the employ of the Merchants & Miners company. He entered its service in 1888 at the Norfolk, Va., agency and in 1890 was transferred office at Baltimore. In 1893 he was appointed assistant treasurer and in 1895 he took up the duties of assistant trafic manager. He was made general manager of the company in 1899 and in 1907 he was advanced to the position of vice president and general manager. He retired from the 'service of the company in 1912 to enter private busi- ness which he followed until recently elected to the position he now holds. to the general 286 sy HULA : PIMOS He succeeds J. H. JENKINS who has retired to enter business for himself, ek ok Lieut. Com. H. J. ELson, United States naval reserve force, has been re- leased to inactive status and has re- sumed his duties as secretary and treas- urer of the Walter A. Zelnicker Supply Co., St. Louis. He has direct charge cf the company's internal management and CAPT. JOHN F. BLAIN Northern Pacific district manager for the Emergency Fleet corporation during the war who recently resigned manufacturing operations. He _ gradu- ated from the United States naval academy in 1898 and after service in Cuba, the Philippines and China, he resigned from the. navy in 1902 to be- come interested in the Zelnicker com- pany. He was chief engineer of the Missouri naval militia with which organ- ization he was mobilized into federal service when war was declared on Germany. ok ® G. E. Trssetrs has been appointed general manager of the York River Ship Building Corp., West Point, Va. Formerly he was assistant to the gen- eral manager. He fills the place made vacant by the death of R. L. Newman. Mr. Tibbetts is a well known _ bridge man and has handled a number of large construction jobs.